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Sunday, October 20, 2013

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2013-9

By Bill Engelhardt

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Last Friday evening, October 18, the
Mustangs of South Western visited the Lions of Red Lion and were edged 20-13.The Mustangs won the game in all aspects
except the scoreboard, racking up 26 first downs to the Lions 13 and
registering 365-yards of offense to the Lions 287-yards.

The
Lions opened the game with a 40-yard kickoff return to the Mustangs 43-yard
line by Nate Orji. An eight-play drive,
featuring a 13-yard pass from Blake Cahill to Dan Waldrup, ended with a 6-yard
touchdown pass from Blake to Matt Wanbaugh.
Evan Miller’s extra point kick put the Lions up 7-0 at the 8:32 mark of
the first quarter.

The
Mustangs then drove 35-yards in ten plays, featuring an 11-yard run by Jonas
Walter, and punted. The Lions punted
after a 20-yard drive and the Mustangs punted again after a three and out. The Lions then drove 61-yards in five plays,
featuring a 43-yard dash by Cahill, ending with a 7-yard touchdown run by Kenny
Holloway. That upped the score to 13-0
at the 11:40 mark of the second quarter.

The
Mustangs then drove 55-yards in fifteen plays, only to turn the ball over on
downs at the Lions 25-yard line. The
Lions then had a 20-yard drive thwarted by a 13-yardd sack by Tyler Jachelski
for the Mustangs and punted. The
Mustangs started at their 13-yard line and drove to the Lions 47-yard line as
the first half came to an end.

The
Mustangs opened the second half with a ten play 66-yard drive, featuring a
31-yard run by Jordan Markle and a 10-yard pass from Tyler Sterner to
Markle. The drive ended with a missed
39-yard field goal attempt.

The
Lions went three and out and punted. The
Mustangs then drove 46-yards in nine plays, featuring a 14-yard pass from
Sterner to Brown, and ending with Brown’s 4-yard touchdown run. That left the Lions up 13-6 at the 2:55 mark
of the third quarter.

The
Lions drove 34-yards in six plays, featuring a 30-yrd pass from Cahill to
Damien Hess, and punted.

The
Mustangs then drove 92-yards in nine plays, featuring a 22-yard pass from
Sterner to Logan Bowman and a 29-yard run by Miles Francis, and ending with
Jordan Markle’s 7-yard touchdown run.
Brock Geiman’s extra point kick tied the score at 13 with 8:38 left in
the game.

The
Lions then drove 73-yards in eight plays, featuring a 42-yard run by Antwan
Jackson, and ending with Cahill’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Alex Keller. Miller’s extra point kick closed out the
scoring at 20-13 in favor of the Lions.

Miles
Francis returned the kickoff for 38-yards and the Mustangs drove to the Lions
36-yard line before turning the ball over on downs. The Lions went three and out and punted and
the Mustangs drove to midfield before Damien Hess intercepted a Mustangs pass
as the game ended.

Brock
Geiman kicked off 3 time for
136-yards, with the longest going for 48-yards, and punted 2 times for 61-yards,
for a 30.5-yard average, with the longest going for 33-yards, for the
Mustangs. Miles Francis returned 2
kickoffs for 55-yards, with the longest going for 38-yards, and 2 punts for 13-yards,
with the longest going for 9-yards, and Payton Taylor returned 2 kickoffs 25-yards,
with the longest going for 16-yards, for the Mustangs.

The
Mustangs gained 294-yards rushing and 71-yards passing for a total of 365-yards
of offense. Quarterback
Tyler Sterner completed 6 of 19 passes for 71-yards, 2 for 23-yards to Camden Brown,
1 for 22-yards to Logan Bowman, 2 for 16-yards to Jordan Markle, and 1 for
10-yards to Brady Thayer, for the Mustangs.

Miles Francis
led the Mustangs rushing attack with 10 carries for 84-yards, followed by Markle
with 7 carries for 66-yards (including a 7-yard touchdown), Jonas Walter with
10 carries for 45-yards, Robby Harbison with 11 carries for 41-yards, Brown
with 6 carries for 32-yards (including a 4-yard touchdown), Wyatt Trostle with
2 carries for 13-yards, Dillon Thomas with 1 carry for 11-yards, and Sterner
with 5 carries for 2-yards. Brock Geiman
kicked 1 extra point, Tyler Jachelski recorded 1 sack for a 13-yard loss, and
Taylor defended a pass, for the Mustangs.

The
Lions gained 194-yards rushing and 93-yards passing for a total of 287 yards gained. Blake Cahill completed 10 of 14 passes for
93-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 35-yards to Damien Hess, 4 for 17-yards to
Chris Knorr, 1 for 15-yards to Dan Waldrup, 1 for 11-yards and a touchdown to
Alex Keller, 1 for 9-yards to Luke Patterson, and 1 for 6-yards and a touchdown
to Matt Wanbaugh, for the Lions.

Cahill
led the Lions rushing attack with 16 carries for 92-yards, followed by Antwan
Jackson with 8 carries for 62-yards, Kenny Holloway with 8 carries for 35-yards
(including a 7-yard touchdown), and Waldrup with 3 carries for 5-yards. Evan Miller kicked 2 extra points and Hess
intercepted a pass on the last play of the game, for the Lions.

The
66 member strong 10-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands
Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs
Marching Band put on a stirring half time performance, presenting their 2013
field show “Joyful Beethoven.” The Ode
to Joy theme from the 9th Symphony is among the most recognizable melodies of
all time. Throughout the show this
melody was combined, altered, and woven into many of Beethoven’s other
compositions. The show opened with a
bold statement of the Ode to Joy theme that transitioned into the main theme
from the fifth Symphony, featuring a horn trio of Amanda Smith, Nicia Werner,
and Briannah Rohrbaugh. Following a
brief interlude of the Ode to Joy, the passion of the Egmont Overture was
heard. The music evolved from passion to
triumph as the band segued into the Overture from Fidelio. The Ballad began with the haunting sounds of
the Moonlight Sonata and continued with the theme from the 2nd Movement of the
Pathetique Sonata before being combined with the Ode to Joy Theme. The closer began with the light-hearted
sounds of the Scherzo theme from the Eroica Symphony before finishing with the
triumphant reprise of the Ode to Joy Melody.

The
91 member strong Lions Marching Band presented their show “The Tribal Effect”
after the game.

The
33 member strong Mustangs Cheer Leading squad and the Lion’s squad were very
impressive as they roused the faithful.

The
Mustangs of South Western are 2-6-0 overall and 0-3-0 in York Adams
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

The
Mustangs have a career record of 340-208-8.
The results of the 556 games played in the history of the South Western
Mustangs are a career .620 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

Next
week the Mustangs host the Bearcats of William Penn (3-5 overall, 2-1 league)
at the Mustang Corral. William Penn is
coming off of a 49-35 victory over the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are still looking to regain the
winning
track. GO MUSTANGS GO.